The Rebel of Copper Creek by R.C. Ryan

Author:R.C. Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2015-01-27T05:00:00+00:00

Griff paused to wipe sweat from his eyes and studied the line of sturdy boards he’d added since supper time. His accomplishments should have given him a sense of satisfaction. Instead, he found himself cursing the darkness that had come sneaking up on him. Like it or not, he would have to quit for the night.

With a muttered curse he began collecting his tools. He turned and nearly collided with Mad, who had rolled his wheelchair along the section of ramp already completed.

Griff dropped a hammer and let loose with a string of rich, ripe oaths. “You startled me. I didn’t hear you coming.”

“Obviously.” The old man fixed him with a look. “Something wrong?”

“Nothing.” Griff picked up the tool and started away.

“Hold on, lad.” Mad’s words weren’t so much an invitation as a command.

Griff turned back, his eyes narrowed. “You got something to say?”

“Maybe I do.” Mad took a moment, collecting his thoughts. “I’d know a thing or two about temper. The MacKenzies have been cursed with it for generations. So your temper doesn’t concern me as much as the why of it.”

“Can’t a man be mad for no reason?”

Mad shook his head. “Not in this family. With the MacKenzies there’s no gray. There’s only black and white. There’s only happy and mad. And you’re mad enough to be out here working like a dog when any other man would be sound asleep after the kind of crazy day you’ve put in. So I’ll ask you again, lad. Why?”

Griff avoided the old man’s eyes. “What does it matter?”

“Sometimes it helps to talk.”

“There’s nothing to talk about. Like you said. I’m cursed with a temper. Let it go.” He swung away and hauled the heavy tools to the barn.

By the time he headed to the house, Mad was nowhere to be seen.

It was just as well, he thought. He wasn’t in a mood to share his thoughts with anyone.

Thoughts as dark, as gloomy, as the black, starless night.

Thoughts that he couldn’t seem to sort out.

Thoughts that were driving him stark raving mad.

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